Recipe - Anytime Meatballs

1 tablespoon Olive oil
Three fourths cup Finely chopped onion
2 pound Lean ground beef
One half cup Dry seasoned bread crumbs
2 Eggs
One half cup Milk
1 One half teaspoon Dried oregano
1 One half teaspoon Dried basil
1 One half teaspoon Garlic salt
1 teaspoon Seasoning salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
One half teaspoon Ground black pepper
1/3 cup Ketchup
1/3 cup Barbecue sauce
One fourth cup Packed brown sugar
1 One half teaspoon Distilied white vinegar
1 pn Garlic salt

1. Heat oven to 325F

2. Heat olive oil in mediumsize skillet. Add onion; saute 10 minutes or
until very tender.

3. Combine beef, crumbs, eggs, milk, oregano, basil, garlic salt, seasoning
salt, Worcestershire, pepper and onion in bowl; lightly mix with wooden
spoon or hands until combined but not overmixed.

4. Shape beef mixture into 2inch meatballs. Arrange in single layer, not
touching each other, in 15 x 10 x 2 inch baking pan.

5. Bake, uncovered, in 325F oven for 20 minutes.

6. Meanwhile, prepare sauce: Combine ketchup, barbecue sauce, brown sugar,
vinegar and pinch garlic salt in small saucepan. Heat over medium heat just
until simmering.

7. Remove meatballs from pan to paper toweling to drain. Wipe out baking
pan. Return meatballs to pan; cover with ketchup sauce. Cover pan tightly
with aluminum foil.

8. Return baking pan to 3250 oven and bake for 20 minutes or until
meatballs are no longer pink in center. (

To keep meatballs warm up to a halfhour, decrease oven temperature to
200F; place tightly covered pan in oven.)

Recipe by: Family Circle Magazine

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #935 by "Nitro_II "
Nitro_II@classic.msn.com on Nov 30, 97